The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the Navy will christen its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, June 22, in Bath, Maine. The future USS Daniel Inouye is named in honor of Daniel Inouye, who served as a United […]

Raytheon has announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Navy successfully completed a series of guided flight tests for company’s RAM Block 2A short-range, surface-to-air missile. Testing occurred at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California, and from the Navy’s self-defense test ship off the coast of Southern California. The Block 2 variant, the latest […]

The German Navy’s first Baden-Württemberg-class frigate has entered service, according to Christian Thiels. The 149,6-meter F222 Baden-Württemberg frigate was commissioned on On 17 June, in a ceremony held at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) facility. The Navaltoday.com reported that F222 Baden-Württemberg frigate was commissioned eight years after TKMS was selected as prime contractor for the […]

The U.S. arms manufacturer Sig Sauer Inc. has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is set to adopt the M18, the compact variant of the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS), as their official duty pistol. “The Marine Corps announcement to put the M18 in service with the Marines is a very exciting development for SIG SAUER, […]

MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 take part in the exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2019. According to the U.S. Navy, the squadrons used the modern Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) and the Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) for the first time in the Baltic Sea and the Naval […]

The Lockheed Martin-led shipbuilding team launched newest U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ship during a ceremony Saturday, on June 15. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 21, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul was christened and launched into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard. Ship sponsor Jodi J. Greene, Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Navy […]

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that a team of researchers from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research, German Naval Research (WTD 71), and staffs from Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet to conduct serious tests of newest Mk 18 Mod 2 unmanned undersea vehicles (UUV) during the exercise Baltic Operations […]

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, a subsidiary of U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Company, has announced that the U.S. Navy began testing next generation radar for aircraft carriers and amphibious warfare ships, better known as Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The testing is happening at the Wallops Island Surface Combat Systems Center in Virginia, in collaboration Raytheon […]

U.S. largest military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls was awarded a contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command for early service life period work on USS Gerald R. Ford nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on 12 June, covers support ship repair and modernization during continuous incremental availabilities, planned […]

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has demonstrated its awesome combat power and capabilities during monumental mass flight at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif, which featured more than 40 aircraft. Seven squadrons with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conducted a massive training evolution during which 26 MV-22B Ospreys and 14 […]